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Larry McCay commented on HADOOP-10733: -------------------------------------- LGTM - thanks Ted! +1 > Potential null dereference in CredentialShell#promptForCredential() > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-10733 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-10733 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Ted Yu > Assignee: Ted Yu > Priority: Minor > Attachments: hadoop-10733-v1.txt > > > {code} > char[] newPassword1 = c.readPassword("Enter password: "); > char[] newPassword2 = c.readPassword("Enter password again: "); > noMatch = !Arrays.equals(newPassword1, newPassword2); > if (noMatch) { > Arrays.fill(newPassword1, ' '); > {code} > newPassword1 might be null, leading to NullPointerException in Arrays.fill() > call. > Similar issue for the following call on line 381: > {code} > Arrays.fill(newPassword2, ' '); > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252)